diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php
index 33edd81d152..85b7cd5e40c 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Index;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\TableDiff;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
 use function array_merge;
@@ -1532,6 +1534,20 @@ protected function initializeDoctrineTypeMappings()
         ];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function isCommentedDoctrineType(Type $doctrineType)
+    {
+        if ($doctrineType->getName() === Types::TEXT) {
+            // We require a commented text type in order to distinguish between text and string
+            // as both (have to) map to the same native type.
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return parent::isCommentedDoctrineType($doctrineType);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractSQLServerPlatformTestCase.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractSQLServerPlatformTestCase.php
index 65d331f3f48..daa8e969b5f 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractSQLServerPlatformTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractSQLServerPlatformTestCase.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\TableDiff;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\TransactionIsolationLevel;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
 
 use function sprintf;
 
@@ -1122,6 +1123,18 @@ public function testInitializesDoctrineTypeMappings(): void
         self::assertSame('guid', $this->platform->getDoctrineTypeMapping('uniqueidentifier'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function getIsCommentedDoctrineType(): array
+    {
+        $data = parent::getIsCommentedDoctrineType();
+
+        $data[Types::TEXT] = [Type::getType(Types::TEXT), true];
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+
     protected function getBinaryMaxLength(): int
     {
         return 8000;